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SpaceX and other space stuff
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Uncle Phil wants to know how much for the foyer-sized version? 
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from @dadglasser in another thread:
The Planets are Prepping for An Epic Alignment – Here's How to Watch it Shape Up
The Planets are Prepping for An Epic Alignment – Here's How to Watch it Shape Up
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From now until early July, the five nearest planets to Earth will slowly join a celestial conga line across the pre-dawn sky.
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For most people in North America, the ideal time will be to go out and look southeast about 45 minutes before the sun begins to rise. On April 23rd, the Moon will appear in conjunction with the other spheres, appearing to the right and above Saturn, before moving off again by April 29th.
♫♫This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius♫♫From now until early July, the five nearest planets to Earth will slowly join a celestial conga line across the pre-dawn sky.
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For most people in North America, the ideal time will be to go out and look southeast about 45 minutes before the sun begins to rise. On April 23rd, the Moon will appear in conjunction with the other spheres, appearing to the right and above Saturn, before moving off again by April 29th.
Hello? (Hello? Hello? Hello?)
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Stop revealing Earth’s location to dangerous aliens, Nasa warned
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Stop revealing Earth’s location to dangerous aliens, Nasa warned
Way too late for that.
Besides, by the time they get here, it'll probably be a cinder anyway.
Either way, they'll wonder why they wasted the trip.
This Space-X launch from Vandenberg was kinda surreal. Launched in a fog, first stage returned to launch site and landed in fog.
For launch, go to about 21:40 mark.
For launch, go to about 21:40 mark.
Thanks for posting these! I have watched several, and they usually follow a similar script: watch the camera on the side of the booster until the stages separate, then watch the engine cameras on stage 2 for the next couple of hours, with occasional PIP back to the booster camera or drone ship camera.
This one was extraordinary in that they tracked the booster from the ground from the time of launch (well, minus a short bit of cloud) to the time of landing. Seeing the exhaust plumes of the booster and stage 2 colliding in space, plus the re-entry burn fully enveloping the booster in a huge fireball, isn't something I had seen before.
The exhaust plumes clashing when the booster turns around can only clearly be seen during twilight, either morning or evening, just before the sun rises or shortly after setting. If you get time, youtube 'space-x' and 'twilight effect'. Just spectacular to me. I've only seen it live once, from 140 miles away. Even from this distance, it was much more than I hoped. Could see the attitude thrusters on the first stage randomly firing and the 2 fairing halves dropping away until they dropped into the earth's shadow again.
Here's a vid explaining what happens. 3min 48secs long.:
In other news, the Mars helo flew it's 26th flight. Flew over it's parachute, film of flight will be coming.
